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map a section of the ocean floor[image]
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A geographer would most likely use sonar to do what?
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| people, goods, and ideas. |
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| The movement about which geographers talk usually refers to |
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Latitude, longitude, equator, prime meridian[image]
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| Name 3 things used by geographers to determine absolute location. |
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water freezes in a crack in a rock.
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The most common type of mechanical weathering occurs when
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An internal force that helps create new landforms is
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Landforms are commonly classified according to differences in
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| The largest canyons and deepest valleys were created by |
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| The force that probably propels the movement of the earth’s gigantic rock plates is |
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| a glacier once covered the area |
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| When geographers observe moraines—ridgelike piles of rock and debris—they conclude that |
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| human-environment interaction |
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| The building of dams and canals to irrigate desert regions is an example of the geographic theme of |
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| detailed information about a location |
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| A geographer would most likely use GPS for |
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| Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the |
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| The conquest of Mexico by the Spanish best illustrates the geographic theme of |
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| Similar climates, vegetation, or landforms can be used to divide the earth into |
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| human-environment interaction |
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| Converting land used for farming into land used for a housing development is an example of which of the following? |
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| large moving slabs of rock slide slowly over a layer of the mantle |
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| The theory of plate tectonics affirms that |
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| frozen water causes frost wedging |
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| The most common type of mechanical weathering takes place when |
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| The greatest agent of erosion is |
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